Cow-tail holder.



P. H. ALBERT.

COW TA'IL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED my 2. 1918.

1,274,356. Patented July 30,1918.

UNI Zl- OFFTQE.

PETER I-I. ALBERT, 0F VULCAN, MICHIGAN.

COW-TAIL HOLDER.

Application filed May 2, 1918.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER H. ALBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vulcan, in the county of Dickinson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cow-Tail Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention comprehends generally im provements in that class of inventions known as animal husbandry and more particularly relates to a cow tail holder.

It is the principal aim and object of this invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character designed so that it may be conveniently and quickly connected to the tail of a cow and to the legs of the cow in such a manner as to prevent the cow from moving its tail while being milked.

It is an additional and equally important object of the present invention'to provide a device of the above mentioned character wherein the construction is novel in form so that when applied in position the likelihood of accidental displacement is reduced to a minimum.

More particularly this invention embraces the provision of a device of the above mentioned character wherein a pair of complemental sections are employed and designed to form tail engaging jaws and leg engaging members being movably and resiliently held together in such a manner that the jaws are normally held in yielding engagement with each other but are capable of being separated by a slight pressure when it is either desired to apply the device or remove the same from position.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in its purose and inexpensive in manufacture.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter set forth.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, the combination of elements and the arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J 1113 .30, 1918.

Serial No. 232,059.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the device applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof.

Similar characters of reference are em ployed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawing, there is provided a pair of complemental sections 1 and 2, each of which consists of a body composed of a straight portion 3 and an inclined portion at. Arcuatc tail engaging jaws 5 are formed on the outer end of the straight portion 3 of the sections 1 and 2 and when the straight portions are held in yielding engagement with each other in a manner that wilLhereinafter become apparent the jaws 5 are positioned in opposed relation with each other while the outer ends thereof overlap each other, to provide for the acconnnodating of various sized tails between the jaws. OPPO" sitely extending arcuate leg engaging arms 6 continue from the outer ends of the inclined portion l of the sections and in addition to serving as a means for engaging the inner surfaces of the hind legs of a cow act as handles for the spreading of the jaws in a manner that will hereinafter become apparent.

As intimated, improved means have been provided for movably connecting the sections 1 and 2 to each other so that the jaws 5 are normally arranged in close relation with each other. In reducing this feature of the invention to practice, an improved connecting element is employed and is desirably formed of a single piece of resilient wire consisting of an interlnmliatc portion 7 which is positioned between the points of distortion of the straight and inclined portions of the sections as indicated in Fig. 2 while oppositely extending coils S and 9 continue from the intermediate portion and are arranged in close relation with the upper and lower faces of the sections 1 and 2. Arms 10 project from the coils 8 and 9 and extend in opposite directions with each other crossing the upper and lower faces of the sections 1 and 2 at the meeting edges of the straight portion 3 and terminate in angularly projecting nibs 11 which are fitted in transverse grooves 12 in the opposite or outer faces of the straight portion 3 of the sections 1 and 2, as indicated in Fig. 2. By this arrangement it ,will be seen that the tension of this resilient connecting element serves to normally hold the straight portion and the jaws 5 in yielding engagement with each other, but upon pressing the inclined portions toward each other it is appreciated that the jaws will be spread so that they may be either applied to or removed from the tail of the cow in a manner as indicated in Fig. l.

It is believed in view of the foregoing description that a further detailed. description of the operation of the invention is entirely unnecessary. Likewise, it is believed that theadvantages of this invention will be readily apparent.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limited sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claimsis intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described the invention,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Cominissionerof Patents,

including a pairof complemental sections,

the body of each of which consists of a straight portion and an inclined portion, an arcuate tail engaging jaw formed at the free terminal of the straight portion, an outwardly extending leg engaging arm continuing from the free terminal of the inclined portion of each section, and a resilient connecting element'interposed between and connected to the sections and designed'for normally holding the tail engaging jaws in close relation with each other so that the terminals thereof' overlap and for holding the leg engaging arms in spreading relation yet-permitting of the spreading of the jaws when" desired. 2 1 i In testimony whereof I; affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

V j 7 PETER H. ALBERT; Witnesses A; T. SETHNEY, P O. JOHNSON.

Washington, D. G. 

